The Walking Dead TELEVISION SHOW ONLY 2-DOGG MEMORIAL EDITION (UNMARKED TV SPOILERS)

[Miriel]

I feel like Michonne's silence is indicative of the fact that they're all she really has with which to barter. If she gives them all the information up front Team Rick may react differently than normal. Plus Merle's brother is part of their group - you know Merle who hunted her like an animal and shot her? While I would trust Daryl implicitly with gold, jewels, ovaries and babies, I can see why she wouldn't warm up to them immediately. She doesn't know the whole backstory.

But that doesn't make any sense. If the scenes had played out without the plot contrivance of willfully keeping characters in the dark, then Rick & Co would have grilled Michonne relentlessly to find out EVERYTHING she knew, before they attempted a rescue.

This is coming off the loss of two of their people due to allowing outsiders into their lives. This random lady could easily have been one of the kidnappers. How were they to know whether they could trust her? They would have demanded to know everything, like especially WHO took Glenn and Maggie? What did he look like? How did it happen? Oh what? They seemed like they knew each other? He has a brother? He only has one hand?!

Plus, she can keep her guard up will still using the power of speech.

It seems to me that the portrayal and writing for the character of Michonne seems to be "silent but deadly" but it's not working. It's aggravating. And does not make for a compelling character. I do hope she evolves into a more dimensional character because I really need some more females on this show to root for.

[Depression Moon]

You cray, Michonne is the best!

[Madame Adequate]

Yeah I think "So the guy who took your friends kept saying he had a brother here. Guy's name is Merle. Mean anything?" Is kind of an important thing to tell people if you're relying on them to go kick some asses with you, because otherwise when he finds out in the middle of a tacticool assault trout might go bad. And even if Michonne wasn't willing to offer that up on a plate, Rick and friends would have grilled her pretty hard to learn everything possible, just like Miriel says.

Plus she and Andrea spent months together, and Andrea explicitly says she told Michonne everything. Things like a bunch of names of people who weirdly enough match up with the group you just found. Most of Season 3 has been incredibly kickass but they're kind of hamfisting it with Michonne in an effort to create dramatic tension where there are much better, less contrived ways to do so.

[Shorty]

This latest episode is the first time I felt real hate and contempty toward The Governor. I was absolutely shocked and kept thinking "no, he wouldn't" with the Maggie scene - you ladies are right, it was getting hard to watch.

Glenn really surprised me with his bad-assery. His character has only become better over time.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one finding Michonne a little irritating! At first I was all YEAH SHE'S AN AWESOME BADASS and I understand that having the lone wolf rogue sort of thing is a part of her style, but she's seemed pretty unappreciative of the help that she's been given, including the help that the town gave to Andrea.

I must say that I had more hope for Merle. It's true that he's a racist asshole, but I had kinda hoped that he had changed a little bit with the separation of the group and stuff. Oh well.

Poor Andrea is going to have her happy little fantasy destroyed.

Anxious for the season finale, though I can't believe it's already over

[CimminyCricket]

Midseason finale. More in February.

Helluva great episode.

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Daryl...

And I wish Michonne had just killed the Governor, or that Andrea would stop being so blind to his schemes. Maybe Daryl being captured will help with it, but I really hope he isn't killed. I may have to stop watching if he's killed.

[fire_of_avalon]

I realized, just now, that this is the first time we've seen Daryl and the REAL Merle on-screen together. Daryl's hallucinations from season 2 totally don't count.

I'm going to say it, and I'm going to get hated on for it, but Michonne. Was. Wrong. She behaved exactly the same way Shane did in the season 2 mid-season cliffhanger when she killed the girl. Except I guess this was more vengeance than a powerplay. The more I watch her, the more I realize that I have to appreciate her as a badass, but she's not really what you'd call a good-guy. Yet anyway.

I think Daryl is gonna have to kill Merle. Which is okay by me because Daryl is kind of sweet and Merle is a super douche.

Is Tyrese important? I feel like that name has come up before.

Poor Oscar. The audience could handle a cliff-hanger with no deaths, you know. Stupid.

Also, team badass strikes again with Maggie and Glenn. Beat us. Scare us. Threaten us. Shame us. Take our weapons and sic walkers on us. And we will STILL find a way to kill your people.

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Oh, yeah, I'm ashamed to have forgotten about Glenn and Maggie. They are so awesome, now. And I hope one of those two get to kill the Governor, if anybody does.

[Depression Moon]

I can't wait till February!

[Freya]

Seems like the one black man per show is still true.

[McLovin']

Seems like the one black man per show is still true.

hahaha thats exactly what I thought. the casting people are just like "put some black people on the show so we can kill em off later! and then get me some new black people damnit"

[Shlup]

GODDAMMIT MICHONNE USE YOUR WORDS. AND YOU KILLED YOUR DAMN HOSTAGE. YOU ARE THE STUPIDEST smurfING STUPIDASS CHARACTER EVER AND I smurfING HATE YOU.

Seems like the one black man per show is still true.

Had the same thought. :/

[Araciel]

lolol Michonne is now called Mich-moron.

Also, I wanna marry Maggie.

[Madame Adequate]

As soon as I saw Tyreese I knew 2-Dogg was done for

Glenn is a hard core mother SMURFER

[fire_of_avalon]

2-Dogg xDDDDDDDDDDd that's awful, don't say that.

Michonne was out to break the Governor into little itty bitty pieces and she did. Do you think she's just gonna tell everybody that's what she was aiming for? Like that'll earn her some trust? Nah.

Also, everyone hates Andrea but I think she's just trying to find a way to live and be purposeful. And she does a bad job of picking smurfbuddies, yes, but to be fair most women do. She isn't malicious and she isn't stupid. She just trusts too easily.

Also, I almost forgot! Shane! While I know it wasn't the real Shane it was a total mindsmurf to see Shane just strolling around Woodbury. And Jon Bernthal has gotten a lot hotter with the beard.